huckleberry above one's persimmon

Meaning: (US,idiomatic)Something beyond one's power or ability.1837, Davy Crockett,Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas, page 1:[…]still it isa huckleberry above my persimmonto cipher out how it is with six months' schooling only[…]

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